How to scale a pressure washing company

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Happy Friday Eve! Here’s the docket for today:

• 🚮 Pressure washing business

• 😂 Meme of the day

I think we can all agree the worst part about paying in cash is having to deal with the change you get back…

What if I said there was an app that used your spare change to make you more money? Well, I recently came across this app called “Acorns” - they take your spare change and invest it for you (Think spending $5.50 on coffee but it’ll automatically round it up to $6 and invest the other 50¢ for you)

• Everything is automatic you don’t have to do anything

• They have experts that invest your spare change for you

• You can track everything on their app

It might not sound like a lot but - let's say you get $50 worth of change invested every month, you’d have close to $40,000 in 20 years (10% return)... not bad for doing nothing 🤷‍♂️

AND if you sign up using this special link you’ll get $20 as a bonus (for free!)

THERE'S REAL MONEY IN THIS DIRTY BUSINESS

We all know the phrase “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

And today's side hustle (power washing garbage cans) is going to make that phrase a reality.

Why?
Because it doesn’t require learning new skills, it’s affordable, and can scale - my favorite!

Here’s a little fun fact: The average American throws away 4.4 pounds of trash every day.

Then as you know garbage day rolls around and it all gets taken away.

And if you're a big procrastinator, this might be you chasing the garbage truck down in the morning (we’ve all been there)

Sounds about right but is your trash can really clean after the garbage truck empties it? You guessed it, nope. Every week you say hello to leftover gunk in your garbage can.

This gunk invites rats, ants, possums, raccoons, and other rodents to make your garbage can their home, rent-free. Not to mention, it just smells like a garlic and fish market had a food fight inside of it.

That's what this side hustle is solving. Not the rodents, you won't catch me doing that. But preventing them from ever getting there in the first place.

Sell your pressure washing services to clean up your neighborhood's garbage cans. You’d be surprised at how much money people are willing to pay you for a one-time cleaning or a monthly service to clean up those nasty things!

Here’s an example of what a company near me (EcoClean Can) with great reviews charges for trash can pressure washes.

How much can you make?
The real answer is it depends. If you live in a wealthy area where prices are generally higher, you can charge a higher price.

I've done a fair amount of research on pricing and the highest I've seen is $50 for the first can then $20 for every can after that. After all, this is a dirty job that many aren't willing to do so you can charge a higher rate.

A good rule of thumb is to make sure you're getting a high hourly rate because you're not going to be doing this for 8 hours straight. You want to make those 1 or 2 hours a day count.

Try $25 for the first can and $10 for every can after that. If it takes you an hour to clean both, which I don't think it will, that's $35/hr. Do this twice a day and you're washing an extra $500 every week. Not too shabby 💪

Now usually I'd stop there and get into the steps but today I’ve got a 2-for-1 for ya. Kinda like a buy one get one free, but everything's free.

As I was researching about power washing, I found myself constantly watching satisfying shorts of before and afters. And these videos had a ton of views. #powerwashing on TikTok has over 2B views and 85k posts.

Then the light bulb went off 💡 

There's also a huge opportunity here to create content around the work you're doing.

Here's a YouTube channel called Forever Self Employed who started his channel with a pressure washing business. It's a simple setup - just a tripod and a GoPro.

According to Social Blade this channel pulls in $16k-$263k annually.

And he's gained over 200k subscribers in the past 2 years 👀

Just like this channel does, record yourself washing. In post, talk about how much money you made, and even create a course for your followers (that's what he does).

I can't tell you how many TikTok's I've watched of satisfying cleaning videos. There's a huge audience for this type of content that will allow you to grow a pretty sizable online presence.

Now let's get into it. Here's a step-by-step guide to making money with this business

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That's a wrap ladies & gents! Enjoy your weekend :)

DISCLAIMER: None of this is financial advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Please be careful and do your own research.